Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to support the community to represent their own priorities and aspirations through social and public action.
This unit applies to workers in both health and community sectors and/or a community development work context. Workers at this level will be part of a professional team and have the responsibility of supervision of others.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements define the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Respond to community priorities | 1.1 Plan and implement appropriate opportunities for people in the community to promote their priorities and aspirations 1.2 Research and document a range of models of participation and research methods 1.3 Identify, develop and agree with key people strategies for meeting community priorities |
2. Support identified community priorities | 2.1 Assess relevance and appropriateness of a range of mechanisms and actions to address community priorities 2.2 Calculate and assess resources required for availability and appropriateness 2.3 Ensure resourcing to meet community priorities is provided 2.4 Support a community advocacy and lobbying approach |
3. Evaluate effectiveness of community action | 3.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of activities using accepted strategies and mechanisms 3.2 Review progress of strategies with key people and negotiate and implement required changes 3.3 Document outcomes of evaluations and report to key people |
Foundation Skills
The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance. |
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency. |